The first ten sweets from Hofmann's dessert chapter
This cookbook was a 1956 wedding gift to my mother. She's gone now — but her recipes aren't. Hofmann's Bayerisches Kochbuch is a working kitchen book, not a pastry-shop catalog — and still the sweets are there, because a Bavarian Sunday required them. Desserts belonged to the week's cooking: fruit, dairy, flour, and whatever the larder actually held.
I did not grow up with a bakery case. I grew up with a woman who could read Fraktur and who treated dessert as part of ordinary cooking, not a separate art. The 1956 kitchen did not apologize for that.
This volume is the first ten recipes of Hofmann's Süßspeisen chapter (Nr. 577–586) from the 26th edition — Birken-Verlag, Munich, 1956. A later volume covers the rest of that chapter. Same method as the rest of the collection: a headnote, historical context, US-adapted measurements, and a week-of-meals grid. Instant PDF download on Etsy. No physical book is shipped.
The ten recipes
- Apple Rice Pudding (Apfelreis)
- Oatmeal Porridge with Apples (Haferflockenbrei mit Äpfeln)
- Cornstarch Rice Pudding (Mondaminreisbrei)
- Rice Mountain (Reisberg)
- Baked Rice Pudding (Milchreis aufgezogen)
- Milk Noodles (Milchnudeln)
- Caramel Noodles (Karamelnudeln)
- Sweet Bauchstecherl (Bauchstecherl süß)
- Bread Roll Noodles (Semmelnudeln)
- Apple or Lingonberry Bread Pudding (Apfel- oder Preißelbeernudeln)
Full recipes — ingredients, method, historical headnotes, and a week-of-meals grid — in the Desserts, Vol. 3 PDF on Etsy. Instant PDF download. No physical book is shipped.
26th edition · Birken-Verlag, Munich · 1956
Originally given to Erna Paul as a wedding gift.
Written in printed Fraktur typeface. Translated by E. Paul.
